Wong Yuk-man | |
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黃毓民 | |
Wong at the 2012 LegCo Election, as a People Power Candidate.
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Member of the Legislative Council | |
In office 1 October 2008 – 30 September 2016 |
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Constituency | Kowloon West |
Chairman of the League of Social Democrats | |
In office 1 October 2006 – 31 January 2010 |
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Succeeded by | Andrew To |
Personal details | |
Born |
Hong Kong |
1 October 1951
Nationality | Hong Kong Chinese |
Political party |
Kuomintang (until 1996) League of Social Democrats (2006–11) People Power (2011–13) |
Other political affiliations |
Proletariat Political Institute |
Children | 3 sons (Wong Tak-hon, eldest) |
Residence | Ede Road, Kowloon Tong |
Occupation | professor, current affairs commentator, radio host, published author, actor (formerly) |
Profession | Legislative Councillor |
Religion | Protestantism |
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Traditional Chinese | 黃毓民 | ||||||||||
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Standard Mandarin | |
Hanyu Pinyin | Huáng Yùmín |
Yue: Cantonese | |
Jyutping | Wong4 Yuk1man4 |
Raymond Wong Yuk-man (Chinese: 黃毓民; born 1 October 1951) is a Hong Kong politician, author, current affairs commentator and radio host. He is a former member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), representing the geographical constituency of Kowloon West. He worked in Commercial Radio Hong Kong and hosted many popular phone-in programmes.
He was the head of Department in the Faculty of Communication and Journalism of Chu Hai College in Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong, which he also hold a Master degree in history in there. He is a radical populist and a former chairman of the League of Social Democrats (LSD). He is known for his outspoken manners, his harsh criticism of the Chinese Government, and his ferocious speeches in defence of the rights of the lower classes; consequently, he has been given the nicknames Mad Dog () and "Rogue Professor" (). He currently hosts "Wong Yuk-man Channel," a popular radio programme on MyRadio, which is a Hong Kong-based internet radio station founded in 2007, and as well as Proletariat Political Institute.
Wong was born in 1 October 1951 in Hong Kong with the family root of Lufeng, Guangdong. Wong's father was a close friend of Heung Chin, a Kuomintang general and founder of the Sun Yee On , one of the leading triads in Hong Kong. He was under the patronage of the Heung family and was sent aboard to study in Taiwan. After he graduated from the Taiwan-affiliated Chu Hai College with a master's degree in history, Wong worked as a journalist and taught at Chu Hai College.